Surprise and alarm device.



I. L. KELLOGG.

SURPRISE AND ALARM DEVICEl APPLICATION FILED IMI, 6. I9I5.

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SURPRISE AND ALARM DEVICE.

APPLICATlON FiLED 1AN.6.1915.

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To all fio/icm it' may concern Be it known thatl, .latins L. KnLLooc, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the-'county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain neuv useful lmprovements in Surprise and Alarm Devices, of which the4 following is a specification.

The invention pertains more particularly to improvements in the class of devices by which on the movement` of a part, such as hinged arm, the lid of a box or a door, a spring actuated hinged hammer-arm may af loex'ilodc a cap.

'The mechanism of my invention may be employed whollykfor amusement purposes or for more serious purposes, as when, for illustration, it is applied to a door or doori'rame of a room and arranged to become operative to explode a cap on the opening of the door leading to said room, the explosion of the cap then serving as an alarm to the orcupant. of the room.

The present invention may be said to emliody certain improvements on the devices disclosed in thel patents granted to me on April 5, 1910, No. 954,031, and October 15, 191:2, No. i,GlLOQ, the mechanism presented by the present invention being of improved character and capable of wider application in the methods of its use than the devices disclosed in said patents.

The invention will he fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

lligure 1 is a perspective `view of a device constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention, the parts of the same being in 'their normal set position ready for such uianipulatiiiin as may be required to release the hammer arm to explode a cap; 2 is a central vertical. longitudinal section ot the same, the parts being shown in. their set position, hut the cap being ab sent; l? '3 a. view corresponding with Fig. 2but showing the hammer arm as having been released from thevheel of the outer 'arm or leaf of the device and as having turned upwardly against said outer arm or leaf. this release of the hammer arm having heen effected by slight pressure applied upon the upper bowed io'rtion of said outer' arm; Fig. flmaj' be considered as showing.

the set position of the parts when the device is confined within a box or receptacle Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application flied January 8, 1915. Serial No. 712.

which normally prevents the hammer arm from throwing the outer arm or leaf outwardly; Fig. 4 is a corresponding section of the device showing the manner of manipulating the parts thereof into the position in which they are shown in Fig. Q, Figfli showing the hammer arm as moved to its set position and the outer arm or leaf as having been turned sufficiently over said hard mer arm to engage its heel portion with the' outer edgeof said hammer arm, said heel when thus engaged with the hammer arm holding the latter down during the further closing movement of the outer arm or leaf to the position shown inFig. 2,; Fig. 5 is a corresponding section of a modified form of the invention, the modification consisting only in the' heel of the outer arm or leaf not being at an angle enabling it to maintain its hold on the hammer arm when the said outer arm or leaf is in closed position;A

striking a cap; Fig. 7 is e cross-section', on

a larger scale, through a portion of the device and taken on -the dotted line 7-7 of Fig. 4; Fig. 8 illustrates, in per'spective,'one form of receptacle which may he utilized to hold the device of my invention, whether of the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive or the construction shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a very desirable form of receptacle adapted'to receive the devices of my invention, the receptacle being shown with its hinged lid in open position and an interior flap thereof as being closed down upon the alarm device preparatory to the closing of the hinged lid of the box; and Fig. 10 is a. vertical transverse section, on a larger scale, of the box and its contained features presented inFig. 9, Fig. 10 showing the box as having been closed and the interior devices as set for automatic operation upon the opening of the lid of .the box.

i gated flat plate having upwardly 'extending corresponding sides 18 and said basemay also have an outwardlyextendmg tongue or projection 19r apertured, if preferred, for

v-trunnions 28 around which is applied a ,or leaf is in closed position, slightly above .otal manner.

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permitting the device as a whole to be strung upon a ring 20. The forward portions ol the sides 18 are pressed inwardly on con- -vero'in lines 'as at Q1 'whereh to Jartl close over the baise. 15 and serve as means to confine the strip ot paper which carries the explosive substance or nap Q3, as illustrated in 1* ig. 7, against sliding or vertical movement.

lThe outer arm or leaf 16 will preferably be of sheet metal and of elongated forin and in one integral piece, and said arin'at its outer end is bent downimrdly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to enter between the sides 18 and engage the upper surface of the. hase 15; the other end ot the outer arm' or leaf 16 is formed with trunnions 2l which are received in openings 25 formed in the sides 1S, said Itrunnions and openings serving as means for hingedly connecting the outer arm or leaf 16 with the main frame of the de-l vice. rl`he hinged end of the outer arm or leaf 16 has an angular-ly bent portion or heel. 26 which extends, when the leaf 16 is in closed position, 4dovfnwardly and slightly inwardly between the sides 1S, and between' the. heel portion 2G and its forward downwardly curved portion said outer arm or leatlti is howed upwardly, as at 27, this por tiorripreferably being, when the said arm the horizontal plane ol the sides 18.

Thehainmeroarin 17 is preferably formed from. one integral piece of sheet metal and at one end. h'as trunnions 28 which are re-. ceived in holes or openings 29 in the sides' 18,'said trunniol'ls and holes coperating to, secure the hammer arm in a hinged or piv-"I The 'arin 17 adjacent to its hinged end is preferably cut out, as at- 30.- (Fig.v 6), leaving a bar in line vwith the coiled spring 31, said spring` at one end hav.- lng an outwardly'eitendingir arm 32 which hears affainst the u' oer surface of the base plate and 'at its other end a somewhat similar arrn 33 which bears against the :i1-1n 17 in a direction tending to throw said arin 17 from its set position shown in Fig'. Q to its operated position illustrated in Figy. The

spring 31 exerts a force.against-the hamnier arin 17 atall times, but it will be obvious that when the hammer ar1n'17 is .turned from its 'operated position shown in Fig. 6 to its preliminary or-set position, illustrated Q, said arrnwill Wind thespring. 31', and increase th'e tension thereof. The arm' 17'at its free end has a deflected or angularly bent portion 3l which inclines downwardly a,ndrear\ra"dly when said arm 1s 1n its'prel'iniinary or set positron, las -shown "H1 The structiire as hereinbefore described v comprises the hase -15 having the sides f18,5V the hinged outer arm or 16, the hern- 'sid'es 18, after which the outer arm or leaf l as v desired to" render the dei'iceoperfrtive all 12:

mer arrn17 and spring 31, and this structure may be made use ot within the purposes of my invention Without other 'cooperating or auxiliary parts, hut in many instances 1 shall preferably employ the structure ivitlr in. the receptacle shown in Figs. 9 and 1f) and in a receptacle ol different shape shown in Fig. 8, and l therefore will explain the operationoit the device as used iwithout the said receptacles and then explainl the inauner of using the same Within said recep-A tacles. A i

.Ordinarily When the parts of the device have not been set for use, tl e haininer arm will be in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 6 and the outer arrn or leaf 18 will be inits folded position, shown in Fig. In setting the device for use the outer. arrn or leaf 16 will be turned outwardlyinto substantially horizontal position troni t sel ,tween the sides 18 thus fully er: )osino the hammer arm 17 and base plate, and thereupon the hammer arin will he, by the' finger or thumb of the owner, turned rearwardly Jfrom the position in which it slioj-.rn in Fig. 6 to that in 'which it is shown in Fig.' 2, Vand without releasing said haninierfarin the cap 23 will be placed in posit-ion between the inwardlyinclined portions Q1 of the 16 Will be foldedfo'ver the hase 15 and its i i ,heel 26 will engage the inclined free vend portion S-lf'pf the *hammer arni and thereby during-theA closing'of the outer arm or leat 16 confine the hann-i'ier arm in its setposi- 100 tion in voppositiontolthe vforce of the spring 31. After the outeiaarm or leaf 1G hasV been -folded to itsclosedfjposition, Athe device' willl be ready for use?l have mentionedthe placing of thejc-ap 9.3fin position, while the ,105

s in its ully'open position, but obviously `the cap .mayY comien- 'iently he placed in positionwhen-the y'outer varm or leali 16 has partly or alinost Wholly'- reached its closed position. 'The folding llo of the outer 'ai-in' or leaf 16 to its closed i position with .the heel 2G of said arm against thefrlee end of the hannner" arin 17 or to the position shown in Fig. Q vresults inthe. pressure exerted against sa il.. heel. .h said 115 h anirner -arm locking the vouter arm or leaf 16 in its folded or closed position. since as will he observed on referencev to Fig, 2 the end of the hammer arm presses against the heel 26 in 'a direction to holdthe 'arm' or leafV 13o 16 in closed position. The parts may remain in thefposition shown in Fig, :2,--ivith a cap Qbelow the-free end of the arml ot' leaf 16 long as niay' be desired. but when it that is necessnry to 'press lightly on "bowed p ortionQT'of the'varrnor leaf 16 so edgeofthel heel Q6 ajvay as'toturn thealower there# from the free endio' the arin 17 and upon, tliehazd `ofthe:user holding .the arm-113i' i Figs. 9 and lt), but pressure must always be -maintained on the arm or leaf 40, except when the intended explosion is to take place',

.- r in other words the device cannot be set san-1e as the device shown in Fig. 3, in both iiistances the hammer arm being` in position for act-ion the moment pressure on the outer arm or .leaf has been released.

l shall also apply the device to doors and 'the like as an alarm device and in this way utilize the same for giving an alarm to the occupant ot' a room in the event that any one should open the door or window thereof. There are several ways 1n which the device may be used in connectionn'ith doors andA windows, and one way would be to have the de Tice inserted between the door and jamb with the door when in closed position holding the outer arm or leaf I16 in its closed position and when opened releasing said arm or leat` 16, thereby freeing the hammer arm to explode the cap. There are also various other uses to which the invention may be put1 4but it Will not be necessary to specify them. l y

l Ahave described the most satisfactory form ot' the invention lrnoivn to me7 but am aware that modiicationsfmay be made in the mechanical details thereof. l therefore do not Wish to limit my invention further than the appended claims 'may require.

What I claim as my invention and desire tofseoure by Letters-Patent, is:

l. ln a device of the character described,

a base-plate, a spring actuated hammer arm4 hinged thereto adaptedl when released to move to its operative position to explode a cap.y and an outerhinged-arm to be' turned over said base and said hammer arm when the latter is turned toits inoperative positionv and having 'a heel flange at its/hinged end adapted to engage the free 'e idf-'of 'said hammer arm, said hammer arm byf'its pressure against said flange acting to ,.'hold said outer arm in closed position and /said'outer arm then' serving to hold said hammer arm in its inoperative position.

2. In a device of the character described, a base-plate,V a spring actuated hammer arm hinged thereto adapted vwhen released to move to its operative position toeXplode a cap, and an outer hinged arm' to be turned over said base and said hammer arm when the latter is turned to its inoperative position and having a heel flange at its hinged end adapte to engage the free end oi said hammer arm; said hammer arm by its'pressnre against said flange acting to hold said outer arm in closed position and said enter arm then serving to hold said hammer arm' in its inoperative position, saidy outer arm also having a depressibleliintermediate portion serving when pressed upon to spring said iiange from said hammer arm and thus allow the same to assume a position for action when coniining pressure is released romsaid outer arm.

3. In a device of the characterdeseribed, an elongated base plate'having upwardly extending corresponding sides, a spring actuated hammer arm hinged between and. in said sides above said. base plate -and adapt ed when released to move to its operative position to explode a cap, and an outer elongated arm hinged at its vinner end between and in said sides and at its outer end being bent downwardly to enter between said sides, said outer arm. being adapte-d to be turned over said hase plate and said hammer arm and'ivhen conning pressure is released therefrom to be thrown to open position by said hammer-arm moving to its operative position.' v

'Il'. In an article of the character described, means vto hold a cap, a spring actuated ham- -iner arm adapted When released to kmove to its operative position to explode said cap?- and a receptacle containing said devices and acting when closed to confine the same in their inoperative relation, said, receptacle having a removable cover and containing an inner hinged flap covering over said devices.

5. ln a device of the character described, a base plate having side members, a lspring actuated hammer arm hinged between said side members and adapted When released to move to its operative, position to explode a cap, and. an outer. arm hinged to said side members to be turned oversaid base plate and said hammer arm and When confiningv marins L. Karre-os.

lVitnesses: l i

ARTHUR li/Linion2 Cime. C. Gran. 

